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Related: About this forumRomney’s Consideration of Candidacy Is Closely Tied to His Faith, Allies Say
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/26/us/politics/romneys-consideration-of-candidacy-is-closely-tied-to-his-faith-allies-say.html?_r=0By ASHLEY PARKER and ALEX THOMPSON
JAN. 25, 2015
Mitt Romney praying at the beginning of a campaign rally in Elko, Nev., in February 2012. Mr. Romney is expected to bring his faith more to the forefront if he runs again for the presidency. Credit Max Whittaker for The New York Times
WASHINGTON A prominent Republican delivered a direct request to Mitt Romney not long ago: He should make a third run for the presidency, not for vanity or redemption, but to answer a higher calling from his faith.
Believing that Mr. Romney, a former Mormon pastor, would be most receptive on these grounds, the Republican made the case that Mr. Romney had a duty to serve, and said Mr. Romney seemed to take his appeal under consideration.
Three years ago, Mr. Romneys tortured approach to his religion a strategy of awkward reluctance and studied avoidance that all but walled off a free-flowing discussion of his biography helped doom his campaign. (The subject is still so sensitive that many, including the prominent Republican, would only discuss it on condition that they not be identified.)
But now as Mr. Romney mulls a new run for the White House, friends and allies said, his abiding Mormon faith is inextricably tied to his sense of service and patriotism, and a facet of his life that he is determined to embrace more openly in a possible third campaign.
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BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)demigoddess
(6,641 posts)apparently they don't understand the concept.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)but when it comes down to it, I don't think they believe in freedom of religion but not freedom from religion.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)higher power.
BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)How that dovetails with an encyclopedic knowledge of overseas tax dodges is just another one of life's eternal mysteries.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)dhill926
(16,343 posts)$$$$$$$$$$$
muriel_volestrangler
(101,321 posts)Not if you mean 'service to his country', or 'service to people in need'. One term as a governor, compared with decades in private business, which consisted of treating companies as commodities to be fattened, split and euthanised. After the failure of 6 years running as a presidential candidate, rather than doing charitable work (he is, after all, fabulously wealthy already), he joined the new family money machine firm.
His 'sense of service' is intimately tied to his wallet.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Please read some of the background on Willard's cult. Read about the White Horse Prophecy,and,if you doubt what is and isn't,check the anti cult web pages. Yes,this cult troll the web looking for negative posts about their cult. Willard will never separate his religion from his politics.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)driving force for his run.
Scary stuff.
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)coined the phrase of the White Horse Prophecy. The dude is one scary person and believes all of the drivel that oozes from his mouth.